International Years |
Year |
Dedicated To |
2014 |
International Year of Small Island Developing States |
2014 |
International Year of Crystallography |
2014 |
International Year of Family Farming |
2013 |
International Year of Water Cooperation |
2013 |
International Year of Quinoa |
2012 |
International Year of Cooperatives |
2012 |
International Year of Sustainable Energy for All |
2011 |
International Year for People of African Descent |
2011 |
International Year of Chemistry |
2011 |
International Year of Forests |
2011 |
International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 — 11 August 2011) |
2010 |
International Year of Youth (12 August 2010 — 11 August 2011) |
2010 |
International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures |
2010 |
International Year of Biodiversity |
2010 |
International Year of the Seafarer |
2009 |
International Year of Reconciliation |
2009 |
International Year of Natural Fibres |
2009 |
International Year of Human Rights Learning |
2009 |
International Year of Astronomy |
2009 |
Year of the Gorilla (UNEP and UNESCO) |
2008 |
International Year of Planet Earth |
2008 |
International Year of Languages |
2008 |
International Year of Sanitation |
2008 |
International Year of the Potato |
2007/08 |
International Polar Year (WMO) |
2006 |
International Year of Deserts and Desertification |
2005 |
International Year of Microcredit |
2005 |
International Year for Sport and Physical Education |
2005 |
International Year of Physics |
2004 |
International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition |
2004 |
International Year of Rice |
2003 |
Year of Kyrgyz Statehood |
2003 |
International Year of Freshwater |
2002 |
United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage |
2002 |
International Year of Mountains |
2002 |
International Year of Ecotourism |
2001 |
United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations |
2001 |
International Year of Volunteers |
2001 |
International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance |
2000 |
International Year of Thanksgiving |
2000 |
International Year for the Culture of Peace |
1999 |
International Year of Older Persons |
1998 |
International Year of the Ocean |
1996 |
International Year for the Eradication of Poverty |
1995 |
United Nations Year for Tolerance |
1995 |
World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War |
1994 |
International Year of the Family |
1994 |
International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal |
1993 |
International Year for the World’s Indigenous People |
1992 |
International Space Year |
1990 |
International Literacy Year |
1987 |
International Year of Shelter for The Homeless |
1986 |
International Year of Peace |
1985 |
Year of The United Nations |
1985 |
International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace |
1983 |
World Communications Year; Development of Communication Infrastructures |
1982 |
International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa |
1981 |
International Year for Disabled Persons |
1979 |
International Year of The Child |
1978/79 |
International Anti-Apartheid Year |
1975 |
International Women’s Year |
1974 |
World Population Year |
1971 |
International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice |
1970 |
International Education Year |
1968 |
International Year for Human Rights |
1967 |
International Tourist Year |
1965 |
International Co-operation Year |
1961 |
International Health and Medical Research Year |
1959/60 |
World Refugee Year |